Excursion into Life

Excursion into Life

Sept. 30, 1931

Felix Bressart, later one of the most delightful members of the Ernst Lubitsch "stock company," plays the title character in the Austrian comedy Hirsekorn Greift Ein (Hirsekorn Does Something About It). It's a typical worm-turns affair, as a mild-mannered provincial actor ends up working as a chauffeur for a scatterbrained female novelist. Slapstick is the order of the day, except in the scenes involving heroine Charlotte Susa. Guiding the actors through their paces was Rudolf Bernauer, a stage actor-manager of vast experience. Critics in 1931 felt that Hirsekorn Greift Ein was too thin to be stretched to 90 minutes.

Excursion into Life

Sept. 30, 1931

Excursion into Life
Felix Bressart, later one of the most delightful members of the Ernst Lubitsch "stock company," plays the title character in the Austrian comedy Hirsekorn Greift Ein (Hirsekorn Does Something About It). It's a typical worm-turns affair, as a mild-mannered provincial actor ends up working as a chauffeur for a scatterbrained female novelist. Slapstick is the order of the day, except in the scenes involving heroine Charlotte Susa. Guiding the actors through their paces was Rudolf Bernauer, a stage actor-manager of vast experience. Critics in 1931 felt that Hirsekorn Greift Ein was too thin to be stretched to 90 minutes.
Producers
Original title Ausflug ins Leben
Directors Rudolph Bernauer
Writers Rudolf Österreicher, Rudolph Bernauer

Cast

Felix Bressart

as Hirsekorn - Schauspieler und Chauffeur

Charlotte Susa

as Thea von Diemen, Romanschriftstellerin

Rolf von Goth

as Lothar Bosse, Werkführer

Rosa Valetti

as Frau Hollmann, seine Wirtin

Truus van Aalten

as Alma Marfield, Bürofräulein

Albert Paulig

as Schwanfelder, Großindustrieller

Karl Zeska

as Direktor Krause

Annie Rosar

as Frau Direktor Krause

Paula Brosig

as Fräulein Krause

Walter Jurmann

as Willi Osten - Schauspieler

Emil Guttmann

as Konsul Wiedemann

Richard Waldemar

as Harmonika-Ede

Alfred Neugebauer

as Philipp, Oberkellner

Edi Weinzinger

as Baron Torndorf

Rolf Döring

as Conte Pannizzardi